Combined bottle-holder and ink-feeder.



EDWIN Il. STOGKING, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

COMBINED BOTTLE-HOLDER AND INK-FEEDER.'

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 29, 191]?.

Application led March 29, 1916. Serial No. 87,559.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN L. STOGKING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented a new and useful Combined Bottle-Holder and lnk-Feeder, of which the following is a specification,

The present invention relates to a device for holding a bottle, and for feeding ink therefrom to pens, particularly straight line drawing pens.

An object of the present invention is to provide a relatively simple device, which will support a bottle; will cover the bottle to prevent access of foreign substances thereto, and the evaporation of the contents of the bottle; which will feed the ink to pens, and the like, without disturbing the position or adjustment of the bottle; and

which has its parts mounted independently of the bottle so as to place no weight thereon.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an operating means for raising a quill out of a bottle and holding the quill in raised position, so that a pen may be applied to the quill for charging the pen with ink. This feature of the invention contemplates the provision of means for supporting the hand which holds the pen, which means is actuated by the pressure of the hand to move the quill upwardly out of the bottle into position, and away from the hand, so that access may be readily had to the quill.

Other objects and advantages of this invention will be brought out in the following specific disclosure of the present preferred embodiment of the invention, the same being illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a top plan view of the bottle holder and ink feeder constructed according to this invention, the bottles being closed.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same on a reduced scale, showing both bottles closed.

Fig. 8 is a view similar to Fig. 2, showing one of the bottles open and the quill raised therefrom, the caps being shown in section.

Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of one of the cap supporting and quill lifting arms.

Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of one of the operating levers or rock shafts employed for swinging the arm of Fig. 4.

Referring to this drawing, wherein like parts are designated by similar numerals of reference throughout the several views, 10 designates a base which is preferably of rectangular form, as shown to advantage in Fig. 1, and which is preferably elongated. This base 10 is provided at its central portion with spaced apart sets of centering pins 11, or equivalent means, disposed in circular relation to receive therein bottles 12 and 13 adapted to contain ink of the same grade, or ink of different grades, or of dierent colors.

The bottles 12 and 13 are closed by caps 1e and 15. As shown to advantage in Fig. 3, each cap is formed of a disk or top 16 reduced at its lower edge to lit into a cylindrical sleeve adapted to project down around the neck of the bottle. The disk or top 16 may be of wood, cork, or of any suitable material, and may be made in any number of parts, so as to seat upon the top of the bottle to eectively close the same. Each disk or top 16 of the cap is provided with a centrally depending quill 17 adapted to project down into the bottle and into the ink contained therein.

An arm 18 is provided for each cap. Each arm 18, as shown in Fig. 4C, has a lateral extension 19 extending through the inner side of the cap to which it is attached. The arm 18 is thus offset laterally from the cap, and extends downwardly from the cap and longitudinally of the base 10 toward the end thereof. The lower end of the arm is deflected upwardly to provide a substantially horizontal contact portion 20. This contact portion 20 terminates in a laterally extending journal portion 21 sub stantially in parallelism with the extension 19. T he journal portion 21 is rotatably mounted in a bearing 22 fixed upon the end of the base 10. The bearing 22 is disclosed in the present instance as comprising the rolled over upper edge of the outer wall of a pan or tray 23., suitably secured to the upper face of the base 10.

The arm 18 of the cap 15 is located at one side of the base 10 and extends inwardly from the cap past the opposite bottle 12 to the right hand end of the base 10. The arm 18 of the cap 14 is at the opposite side of the base 10 and extends inwardly past the bottle 13 to the left hand end of the base 10, see Fig. l.

Each end of the base 10 has a bearing 22 to support the opposite arms 18. The oontact portions 20 of the arm 18 are limited in their upward movement by stops 24. Each stop 24: comprises a staple, or the like, which is secured to the base 10, and has its upper end bent laterally to engage the Contact portion 20 when the arm 18 is raised to a predetermined height. This stop 24; may, of course, be of any other desired form than that shown in the present instance. u

For the purpose of independently opening the .bottles 12 and13, and raising the respective quills 17 out of the bottles, operating levers or rock shafts 25 are employed, one for each arm 18. rlhe operating levers 25 are in the form of roch shafts and are j ournaled transversely across the intermediate portion of the base 10 between the bottles 12 and 13. A bearing plate 26 is disclosed as one forni of mounting for the rock shafts 25. The edges of the bearing plate 2G are rolled over about the rock shafts 25 to rotatably secure them across the base.

In Fig. 5, particularly, the lever' 25 is disclosed as having a rock arin 27 extending at right angles thereto and along one side of the base 10. The free extremity of the rock arm 27 is offset inwardly therefrom, and is bent abruptly outward to provide a transverse contact bar 28 for engagement against the under sido of the contact portion 20 of the operating arm 18. The contact bar 28 is adapted to slide against the lower face of the portion 2O in raising and lowering the arm.

rI he opposite end of each rock shaft 25 is provided with a pressure arm 29 extending at right angles thereto, and being inclined upwardly therefrom, the arm 29 extending oppositely from the rock arm 27. rlhis pressure arm 29 extends upwardly in crossed relation to the opposite arm 18, and extends beyond the adjacent bottle. rhe upper end of the arm 29 is turned inwardly to provide a linger bar 30 adapted to receive and support-the hand or lingers in depressing the arm 29 to rock the shaft 25.

When the rock shafts 25 are made from single lengths of wire as shown in the drawing, the extremity of the finger bar 30 may be turned down as at 31, to round olf the end of the linger bar. VV hen the cap and quill supporting` arm 18 is made of wire, as shown, the extremity of the journal portion 21 is turned over to provide a head or projection to hold the arm 18 in the bearing 22.

When the hand is placed upon the left hand linger bar 30, and depressed to rock the shaft 25 into the position shown in Fig. 3, the pressure arm 29 is lowered, and the rock arm 27 is raised. The lifting of the arm 27 engages the contact bar 28 against the Contact portion 2O of the cap supporting arm 18, and the arm 18 is swung upwardly about its journal portion 21. This movement of the arm 18 lifts the cap 15 upwardly from the bottle 13, and lifts the respective quill 17 out and clear of the bottle.

. rlhe operating lever 25 may be held in this position, shown in Fig. 3, as long as desired, while the pen is moved at the desired angle against the quill 17 to charge the pen. It is, of course, understood that 'the pen may be held in the same hand which depresses-the nger bar 30. It will also be noted from Fig. 3 that the finger bar 30 moves downwardly and outwardly with the hand toward the adjacent end of the base 10, while the quill 17 is raised out of the bottle and moved inwardly away from the hand toward the central portion of the base. Thus, the quill 17 is spaced away from the hand a desired distance, so that the hand is free to twist and apply the pen to the quill in any desired angle.

r1`he rock shafts or levers 25 are each of the same shape and size, and the arms 18 are of the same forni and dimensions. The levers 25 and the arms 18 are placed on opposite sides of the base and are extended in opposite directions so as to accommodate both of the bottles and admit the opening of either one of the bottles by depressing the adjacent linger bar 30.

What is claimed is 1. In a device as specified, the combination with a base providing a support for two spaced apart bottles, removable caps on the bottles, of arms hinged to the base at the opposite ends thereof and extending along opposite sides of the bottle to their respectively remote bottles and connected to the caps thereof, and operating levers pivotally mounted on the base for independently actuating the arms.

2. The combination with a base providing a support, two spaced apart bottles on said support, and removable caps on the bottles, of arms hinged to the opposite ends of the base, extending along the opposite sides of the bottles and connected individually to the caps of the bottles remote from the respective hinged ends of the arms, and a lever for each bottle hinged to the base at the side of the bottle facing the hinge of the arm of that bottle, and comprising a portion extending to the side of the bottle remote from the hinge of its arm and a portion adapted to 'engagethe arm of the bottle for lifting the cap therefrom, said levers being out of alinement with each other.

3. A device as specified comprisingabase, means on the base for supporting two spaced apart bottles, a pair of levers, extending longitudinally of the base and having their ends out of alin'ement with one another and lying at the opposite sides of the bottles, arms hinged to the Voppo'site ends of the base and extending longitudinally at the sides thereof, and caps on the arms normally engaging over the bottles to close the same, one end of each of the levers having engagement with one of the hinged arms to raise the same and its cap when the free end of the lever is depressed.

4L. A device as specified comprising a base, a bottle thereon, a cap for said bottle, an arm hinged to the base at one side of the bottle, projecting toward the bottle and attached to the cap thereof, and a lever pivoted to the base at the same side of the bottle and comprising a finger piece extending to the opposite side of the bottle and closely adjacent thereto, and a portion adapted to engage the arm to lift the cap from the bottle.

5. A device as speciiied comprising abase, a bottle thereon, a cap for said bottle, a quill iixed to said cap, an arm pivoted to the base at one side of the bottle, projecting toward the bottle and attached to the cap thereof, a lever pivoted to the base on an axis extending transversely thereof between the axis of said arm and said bottle and comprising a portion extending around the bottle to the opposite side thereof and having a finger piece closely adjacent thereto, and a portion adapted to engage said arm for actuating the same.

6. A device as specified comprising a base adapted to support two spaced apart bottles,

an arm hinged upon each end of the basev and extending inwardly beyond the adjacent bottle, said arms being arranged on opposite sides of the bottles, a cap on the end of each arm for engagement over the opposite bottle to close it, and a pair of oppositely disposed operating levers hinged on the base, one end of each lever being connected to one of the hinged arms, and the opposite end of each lever having a finger bar lying adjacent the respective cap to be lifted.

7. A device as specified comprising a base adapted to support two spaced apart bottles, an arm hinged upon each end of the base and extending inwardly beyond the adjacent bottle, a cap on the end of each arm for engagement over the opposite bottle to close it, and a pair of oppositely disposed operating levers, each lever comprising a rock shaft having oppositely extending arms on its opposite ends and being journaled transversely across the intermediate portion of the base between the bottles, one arm of each rock shaft extending toward the end of the base and being adapted to engage the adjacent hinged arm to raise the same and elevate the cap from the registering bottle when the opposite arm of the rock shaft is depressed.

8. In a device as specied, a base, means on the base for supporting two bottles in spaced apart relation, an arm hinged upon each end of the base, the arms extending inwardly along the opposite sides of the base, a cap on each arm to close the bottles, a pair of rock shafts journaled transversely across the base between the bottles and having upon their opposite ends arms extending in opposite directions and along the sides of the base, one arm of each of the rock shafts lying beneath one of said hinged arms, the opposite arm of each rock shaft extending upwardly and outwardly beyond the cap to be raised thereby and having a finger bar on its outer end to be depressed to raise said first arm whereby the same swings said hinged arm upwardly and lifts the cap from its bottle.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aiiixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

EDWIN L. STOCKING.

Witnesses:

J. A. GALVIN, E. M. LANE.

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